These spectacular lights resemble those seen on Earth, where they're generated when energetic particles interact with our planet's magnetic field, but Jupiter's auroras are believed to proceed ...

One of the big surprises: Despite the moon's cooled crust, the data shows Io maintains liquid hot lava just below the ground.

Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered a solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere -- a protective bubble created by a planet's magnetic field.

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

scientists reported that a powerful burst of solar wind in January 2017 compressed Jupiter’s magnetic field, triggering dramatic auroral activity which heated the planet’s upper atmosphere by ...

How can the solar wind influence Jupiter’s massive magnetic field? This is what a recent study published ... which is spread across the planet’s atmosphere from its violent winds. This study has the ...

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Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered a solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere – a protective bubble created by a planet's magnetic field.

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